The blog of Christopher Gullmans
For the past couple of years, we've been living in a sea of uncertainty about our future. But the one thing that was never uncertain was that we'll never settle for the next best thing. By virtue of our beliefs and the people we are--shaped by our unusual pasts and experiences--we've made some choices that... Continue Reading →
How do you find a sense of belonging when you deal with uncommon or rare issues? How do you reconcile disabilities without losing your sense of self-worth? Are you selfish if you don't stay and try to fix a broken system? We recently returned from a trip to the United States. Part of the reason... Continue Reading →
A lot of people associate grief with the death of a loved one. But I'm here to tell you that grief can also look like this: Seeing part of yourself slowly disappear at an unreasonably fast rate without explanation or means to fix it. In my case, during my late teens, I started losing the... Continue Reading →
Let's get straight to the point here: having a disability doesn't mean you are completely helpless. It simply means that you are having to learn and do things a bit differently from those around you, and that's something I have come to learn is not a failure. On the contrary, it makes you more creative,... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, I think that I can be a bit unbearable with my positivity, particularly when I'm contemplating in text like I do here. But, I think it's worth taking a moment to explain where I'm coming from, because it's easy to have hope, faith and love when life goes well, but when life rears its... Continue Reading →
One of life's biggest ironies is that everybody wants to feel special, but be normal. If that doesn't make any sense to you, then please allow me to elaborate. For as much as people do their utmost to stand out among the crowd through fame, money and the things they possess, deep inside there's always... Continue Reading →
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